Porter settlements (Sun City, Arizona)

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Editor: Nancy Louise Porter Childress.

Published: Phoenex, Arizona; Surprise, Arizona; Sun City, Arizona.

Some pages may be faded or otherwise hard to read. Best copy available.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (13 Dec. 2005).

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Porter families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, and Scotland. Some allied families came from Germany. Some Porters immigrated first to Canada, then into the United States of America. In the early 1600s, some immigrated to Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (especially Jamestown). In the 1700s, some settled in Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. In 1784, some Porters settled at Mossy Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, and built the historic Nimrod Hall. Around 1832, other Porters settled in Aroostock County, Maine where they established another historic "Porter homestead." During the 1800s, some moved to Newfoundland, Ontario, and Quebec (Canada), Mexico, and to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, the Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in Alberta and British Columbia (Canada), Germany, and in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Washington, and elsewhere. Names of slaves are given. Some have American Indian bloodlines; some have African American bloodlines. Information is extracted from birth records, biographical sketches, cemetery inscriptions, census records, church registers, court records, death records, deeds, land records, marriage records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, occupational records, pensions, probates, shared genealogies, tax records, and from published registers and indexes. Dates covered are the 1600s to the present.

Includes queries.

Also includes Ashbough, Beach, Blakemore, Delorme, Dickerman, Dix, Dixon, Dodge, Doherty, Dolson, Doneghy, Donovan, eley, Everett, Feistel, Gaboury, Geer, Henry, Kelley, Labadie, Labelle, Lapointe, Lesperance, Lord, Major, Marin, MacGregor, McGuyer, Merrill, Miner (Minor), Monaghan, Newton, Parsons, Potts, Rabbitt, Rice, Roadamour (Rader, Raider, Ridder), Shidner, Snogradd, Spicer, St. Andre, Valade, Valead, Vallede, Wood, Woodward, and other related families.

Bibiographical sketches include some famous persons, such as Cole Porter (1891-1964) the American composer, and William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) a.k.a. O. Henry, the famous American author of short stories, and others.

Includes extracts from "Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River Region" revision 1701-1936, by Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen, volumes 1 & 2, revised edition published 1987. The Detroit River region includes the boundary between Michigan and Ontario from the St. Clair River, through Lake St. Clair, then west along the Detroit River to Lake Erie. Extracts included in the newsletter contain genealogical information for persons who married or were related to Porters, such as Delorme, Dix, Dixon, Dodge, Doherty, Dolson, Doneghy, Donovan, Gaboury, Labadie, Labelle, Lapointe, Lesperance, Major, Marin, Rabbitt, St. Andre, Valade, Valead, Vallede, and other related families. These families came from Quebec, Newfoundland, and Ontario (Canada), Ireland, Michigan, Information includes births, marriages, deaths, and family groups. Dates covered are from the 1600's-1900's. The "Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River Region" is indexed.

Also available on digital images.

Each issue includes an every-name index. The "Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River Region" of which this newsletter has part, is also indexed.

Includes bibliographic references.

Quarterly

Quarterly, beginning with spring issue.

The 2nd series (Phoenix, Arizona) volume and issue numbers repeat some used in the 1st series (Center City, Minnesota).

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